The North American forest sector outlook study
Subtitle: 2006-2030
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Series: Geneva timber and forest study paper -- 29; Geneva timber and forest study papers -- no. 29.
Publisher: UNECE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Geneva]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9789211170573
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Forecasting; Forest products industry; Statistics
Description: "Projections for the United States and Canada to 2030 have been made with a global model to account for concurrent changes in other countries. Three future scenarios were investigated: two IPCC-based scenarios assuming the rapid growth of wood-based energy, and one IPCC-based scenario without this assumption. The model, under the IPCC scenarios, accounted for trends in population, income and land use along with emerging technology and predicted changes to consumption patterns for wood products and bioenergy. Markets for wood products, which mainly are destined for the construction sector in North America, are projected to recover by 2015 under all three scenarios examined. Projections suggest that, in spite of declining use of paper for media, other paper and paperboard for packaging and miscellaneous uses will continue to enjoy strong global demand."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "ECE/TIM/SP/29"--T.p. verso

"United Nations publication sales no.: E.11.II.E.4"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Past studies of the forest sectors of the United States and Canada; title: 3. Recent trends in the forest sector of North America; title: 4. Projections to 2030 for the United States and Canada; title: 5. Summary and conclusions; title: 6. Literature cited; title: 7. Annexes.